Main Entry: de·vel·op
Pronunciation: di-vel-p
Function: verb1 a: to make or become clear gradually or in detail <as the story developed> b: to apply chemicals to exposed photographic material (as a film) in order to bring out the picture <develop film>; also: to make visible by such a method <develop pictures> c: to make (a musical theme) more complicated by varying the rhythm and harmony2: to bring to a more advanced or more nearly perfect state <develop an idea> <exercise develops one's muscles>3: to create or produce especially by effort <develop new ways of doing business>4: to make more available or usable <develop land>5: to acquire gradually <developed a taste for olives>6: to go through a process of natural growth or evolution in a series of stages <a blossom develops from a bud> - de·vel·op·able /-vel--p-bl/ adjective